Saturday, February 28, 2015

Stop the City Commission from going forward with more development on our public beach!

What is Going on?

The City Commission created an ITN (Invitation to Negotiate)
requesting that developers submit proposals for “Casino and Beach
Complex Expansion” our newly upgraded beach. These upgrades were wide
open, and could include adding buildings. The ITN Selection Committee
has been meeting to look at these proposals and most of these meetings
have been held in private. The Selection committee did hold a meeting on Election Day Tuesday Nov 4, 2014. Obviously, this is not a
great day to hold an important public meeting. At that meeting they
reviewed the proposals, but we have not seen copies.

The proposals are being reviewed and negotiated behind closed doors with no public input.

Thank you for your Feb. 21 editorial, “Water officials should put land buy on agenda,” supporting the purchase of land from U.S. Sugar. Historically, water from Lake Okeechobee always flowed to the Everglades through sawgrass prairies, tree islands and sloughs.

This is the only route that provides enough flow to reduce the damaging releases to the estuaries.

In the last 100 years, however, we have been deconstructing this environment. We pumped water in new directions, such as opening a connection between the St. Lucie River and Lake O. On the other side of the coast, we opened a connection to the Caloosahatchee River.

We are killing these ecosystems with too much fresh water. We have to change course and buy land south of the lake.

Only a significant increase in land available to accept more water will provide this required flow. We can do this while still completing existing projects.

We can preserve agriculture and still purchase this land. A portion can remain in crops. The water can flow around the urban areas to protect those who live there.

The economy will benefit from the jobs created by building new reservoirs and storm-treatment areas. It is a win-win for everyone in Florida.

DREW MARTIN, LAKE WORTH

Editor’s note: Drew Martin is conservation chairman of the Loxahatchee Group of the Sierra Club.

A Mexican with a valid border crossing card just tried to pull a fast one which amounted to the biggest bust in the history of the Otay Mesa Port of entry and the second-largest in the history of the country-- 1,296 bundles of marijuana.
The 15 tons of weed had a value of $18.96 million, Border Patrol agents said.

In 2013, a bipartisan Gang of 8 senators introduced the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. This was a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

It passed the Senate 68-32 in June 2013, but was never introduced in the House. (A bill based on the Senate bill was introduced by House Democrats in October 2013 but has not been acted upon, despite Democratic attempts to force a vote.)

The Senate's immigration bill would do the following:

Provide a path to citizenship that would take 13 years for most of the unauthorized immigrants currently in the country, and less time for agricultural workers and DREAMers.

Increase border enforcement by allocating an additional $46.3 billion in funding for border security, and requiring the government to double the number of Border Patrol agents and fencing along the border.

Strengthen interior enforcement by making the E-Verify employment verification system mandatory for all employers, and instituting an entry-exit visa-tracking system to prevent people from overstaying their visas.

Expand and streamline legal immigration by clearing up the backlog of immigrants with pending applications; create a new green-card system that merges family-based and work-based immigration into a single pool and assigns immigrants "points" to determine their eligibility;

Create a new renewable work visa for low-skilled workers, with annual quotas that depend on market demand.

Many of these components depend on each other — the bill is set up so that the path to citizenship doesn't kick in until certain security metrics have been met and the backlogs have been cleared. These conditions are known as triggers.
Source: Vox.com that wants us to share this info.

During the election period for the General Obligation Bond, the NAPC (that wants us to believe that they are non-political), informed us that there would be "no more debates." However, it seems that they changed their minds and quickly arranged a candidate forum at the Lake Worth Playhouse scheduled for Monday, March 2. It will be hosted by the non-political moderator, John Paxman even though he has a candidate sign on display at his office on North Dixie Highway.

We keep seeing Lantana mayor, Dave Stewart, in Lake Worth a lot these days. He showed up for the mayor's State of the City cheer at the Casino. I stopped and asked him about the rumor of running for Palm Beach County Commissioner. Recently, the Palm Beach Post asked him whether he will run again [as mayor of Lantana] and he said: he will be running for something...he said he isn’t sure if it would be for Lantana’s mayor however.

He confirmed to me that he is thinking about Shelley Vana's seat but "it's a long way off," he said. Actually, it's up on November 2016, not that far off if you're really serious. Perhaps Mr. Stewart is just fed up with what's going on at the A. G. Holley site and that proposed development or just would like a change after 15 years--sort of like his former city manager.

"So they’ll say, 'Well, we need something. We need some sort of regulation'. And you morons, you morons on the left, do you realize what you’ve just done? The next president that gets in — you put me into the Oval Office, you want me running your Internet?"

~ Glenn Beck

Read more... and see the video. "Three people decided this yesterday and the president will suddenly have the authority to regulate it as he
pleases. What do you think that means for conservatives websites if the
president is a Democrat? President Obama in charge of your Internet? If
that doesn’t cause you nightmares I don’t know what will."

Friday, February 27, 2015

“Our President broke the law when he did what he did [on executive amnesty]. And you’re going to have to take a tremendously strong action or you’re going to have people just flowing into this country worse than it’s ever been.”

The Obama Administration and the Kerry State Department have been talking a lot recently about how important it is for moderate Muslim countries to fight back against the radical and barbarous acts carried out by ISIS.
It’s presumed that Saudi Arabia represents one of those moderate nations, as they are constantly referred to as one of our closest allies in the region.
In fact, President Obama dropped everything and flew to Saudi Arabia last month to pay his respects to the royal family there upon the death of their king–something he did not do to after the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris.

Yesterday, Saudi Arabia condemned a man to death for renouncing his Muslim faith.

Liberty Counsel sent a letter to
the City of Lake Worth demanding it retract its baseless position that
all local churches—some in the community for nearly 100 years—now obtain
"business licenses" to continue operating, and for its harassment
of newly established Common Ground Church.

The City has threatened Common
Ground's landlord with daily fines up to $500 and foreclosure if the
"violation" is not corrected by the landlord making the church get a
"business license" to meet for worship. Liberty Counsel has demanded
that the City drop its plan to have churches obtain business
licenses, refund the business license taxes already paid and retract its
threat to Common Ground church and its landlord.

City Manager Mike Bornstein said, “A duck is a duck. If someone is holding religious services as
a church, it’s a church.” He said the city was forced to take action
“to protect the community.”
Protect us from God?

Read more... about Lake Worth's harassment of area churches especially Common Ground Church. The city must respond by the end of today to Liberty Counsel or be subject to a lawsuit.

I want to alert you to some development plans that seem to
have been kept from the public eye and are rapidly moving forward.

I attended a meeting yesterday hosted by Hudson Holdings.
Only Gulfstream Condominium property owners were invited. The developer
announced that a six story hotel will be built on the property next to the
Gulfstream, in addition to a parking garage that would provide complimentary
private parking spaces to the Gulfstream Condominium owners.

Hudson Holdings also announced that they have submitted
plans to the city for a Conference Center on our beach property that would
include a Beach Club (that would sell memberships), a retail component, and 20,000
sf of conference space. This development is designed to be located directly
south of our new Casino building. It is planned to cover at least one acre
of our beach-front property.

I was not formally invited to the HH meeting and this
information has not, to my knowledge, been made available to the public.

A meeting of the project Selection Committee was held on
Election Day Tuesday Nov 4, 2014. Obviously, this is not a convenient time for
even the most active of our residents to attend. Commissioner Amoroso is
on the selection committee and I assume he has knowledge of this project, its
size, the intensity, and the fast-track approach the developer is purportedly
taking.

I personally worked very hard with a dedicated group of
residents to keep our beach property 100% public and entirely under the control
of our city. I will be demanding more information about this project and I will
keep you up to date. I hope you will contact the commissioners with your
comments and input.

Christopher McVoy

Editor's Note: Should anyone make a complaint about this blog for not having a campaign disclosure, I have included it below.

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Christopher McVoy for Lake Worth City Commissioner

I still like Marco Rubio. He has taken unfair hits from the conservative arm of the Republican Party because of his Gang of Eight participation and input. Some people just don't like members of their own party working with the opposition to come up with a workable solution. I like his immigration policy but some want every single illegal to get the hell out of Dodge. We know that this is an impossibility.

Today he has a chance to redeem himself, if you will, when he addresses thousands of Republicans at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. He should stress his policy, allowing them to understand where he's coming from--

I have printed this twice before--
What Marco Rubio says on amnesty:How many people get amnesty?
Zero. No one gets amnesty. Unless we continue to do nothing, this
bill will eliminate today’s status quo de facto amnesty in which we have
11 million undocumented immigrants here and don’t know who they are,
what activities they’re engaged in or anything else about them. On day
one, no undocumented immigrant is rewarded with anything. What happens
on day one is the clock starts running on meeting the mandatory security
triggers – implementing an effective border security plan, mandatory
employment verification for all businesses, and full implementation of
an exit system. Once the border security plan is in place, undocumented
immigrants will be able to come forward, must submit to and pass
background checks, be fingerprinted, pay fines, pay taxes, prove gainful
employment, go to the back of the line, and prove they’ve had a
physical presence in the U.S. since before 2012, among other measures.
They won’t get any federal benefits. And if they meet all these
requirements, they will earn a temporary status that allows them to
work. If they don’t they will be deported.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

No this isn't a soft shoe shuffle dance move. It's a heel to butt kick; it feels like Greater Bay all over again. The City of Lake Worth is complicit, working behind the backs of its citizens to get rid of our beach because they have no one capable to manage it or maintain it, so they say. Can we get new staff please? Is this going to be another law suit down the road? The good citizens of this great little city always are taking one step forward but commissions, especially this one, always ensure that the one step results in two steps back.

The pool bottom was filthy on Monday evening

The city is entertaining a plan to give a long-term lease to a company that will, once again, change our beach park forever and possibly shut down our pool and cement it in. Who knows as it was all out of the Sunshine other than for 30 or so people who attended their "by invitation only" meeting. It's time for the Friends of the Lake Worth Pool to revive itself and get active.

Yesterday, Hudson Holdings, the company that John Szerdi is affiliated with and must recuse himself on any decision affecting the city by them, had a meeting at the Glasshouse in the Bryant Park neighborhood adjacent to their Gulfstream Hotel. They told the invitees (all property owners of the Gulfstream Condo Association), their plans going forward: a parking garage and a 65 foot addition to the hotel and them possibly getting their own private parking space and membership to the new Beach Club they will be building at the beach depending on the city's decision. They are not the least bit worried about the referendum the people won at the polls to keep it at 45 feet.

They also talked about our casino/pool property and from the sounds of it, Lake Worth is about ready to negotiate a long-term lease with them. Fifteen people attended the Negotiation Committee meeting on November 4, 2014. We, as citizens, have not yet been told about this out of the Sunshine negotiation. As I previously reported, our city attorney, Christy Goddeau is not allowing any information out on this to the public to how many entities replied to the ITN or what's going on. But Hudson Holdings is an exception? Now you have to wonder if it has anything to do with their strong connection to John Szerdi. Hudson can invite all owners in that condo but no one else can know anything?The City issued the ITN in September 2014 and received the
initial replies. Attached are the minutes for the public meeting held on
11.4.2014 to discuss the next steps in the process pursuant to the ITN. Since
that time, the Negotiations Team has been having meetings and reviewing the
replies. The meetings and replies are exempt from the Public Records laws
and the Sunshine Law at this time (see section 286.0113(2)(b) and
119.071(1)(b)(2), Florida Statutes).

Didn't we just spend $13 million at our beach? Even though our beach and casino had a major overhaul, the city wants to incur another public/private partnership it seems. Getting rid of the responsibility is easier than doing the job yourself. Where have we heard that before? I guess it enjoys lawsuits.

Notes from an Atendee at the Hudson Holdings meeting regarding our beach:
Participating in ITN
per Steve Michael of Hudson Holdings:
“[Hudson Holdings is ] participating in the ITN [Invitation to Negotiate –
regarding development and management at the Lake Worth Beach]”
“Pertains
to the land to the south of the casino”
“A
1 acre parcel of land”
“Our
plan is to build a beautiful Beach Club and Conference Center”
“Membership
[would be available to 15 S Golfview Residents]”
“A
great amenity [for residents of 15 S Golfview, and others?]”
“We try to bring value to the community”
“[It
(the property next to the Gulfstream) will be] a parking garage integrated into
a very high end hotel”
“Beachfront acre and a half [parcel]"
"It would be a long-term ground lease"
"We would put close to $30M into the beach"
"20,000 sq. ft. of conference space"
"The ITN is directing the second hotel" [at the Gulfstream]
"We've been working on this for 6 months"
"We're trying to do it as fast as possible"

Hudson says they will build 20,000 sq. ft. of conference space. This drawing is to show you how big that would be.

At the State of the City Address the mayor gave the biggest rah rah speech of her political career and of course, it was right before the election. She even went so far as to tell us that crime was down and everyone wildly cheered. I had to wonder what vacuum they came from. Down from what? Can any politician EVER tell the truth? She wonders why they are not trusted. Why do they want to paint this rosy picture. All you have to do is read the crime reports. Ride down one of our streets and you can see that things are not too sweet. We have so much crime that we can't even see straight. Read the horrible stats.

We are ranked number 35 in 2015 as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. 35! We used to be number 42! We are getting closer to number 1 every year. We are worse than Miami. As the report illustrates, the highest crime rates are found in areas of high
population density, lower income and – often - lower real estate values than
neighboring communities (and we have all three in Lake Worth). This commission continues to approve of more affordable housing, attracting more and more poor folks, more density, more problems and the cycle continues.

I'm not sure when this happened, as Glen Torcivia has already told me that he doesn't normally respond to citizens so therefore I haven't bothered to ask him but...

The name of his firm used to be The Law Office of Glen J.
Torcivia & Associates, P.A.

Now the name is TORCIVIA, DONLON, GODDEAU & ANSAY, P.A.

It appears that Christy Goddeau got a partnership. And why not? She is smart, beautiful and has done a superb job for Lake Worth and this present commission. Perhaps the partnership was due to all her dedication and hard work in the supposed over-throw of the Heights Amendment that was won by nearly 57% of the voters, a vote this commission refuses to acknowledge and ignores to this day.

Remember this when you go to the polls on March 10 that John Szerdi was against a low-rise downtown, against the people who won the vote. He still is. And he still wants his way.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Christians are driven from their homes in the Middle East by the
hundreds of thousands, slaughtered by the tens of thousands, and our
president does nothing! He is the reincarnation of Pontius Pilate washing his hands, but this blood is not coming off.”

Nice mailer suggesting that Lake Worth needs a new face for commissioner with the background of our new fresh faced casino, a building in which Mr. Jerome had no involvement..

Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Jerome, but it was two termed Commissioner Chris McVoy who is running again for re-election who was instrumental in the final development of this beautiful building, built in the footprint of our old casino. His Political Action Committee helped save the beach from the flim flam artist who was going to commercialize the beach and build a building where the upper level parking is now located. It was through his hard work and in spite of the City of Lake Worth filing suit against him personally and his PAC, that we have a fabulous beach today.

Comment Up"Look at the big picture and not be selfish; Lead with courage; Care for one another with kind hearts."

~ Pam Triolo

For all those cheering for this last night, you really need to come to a city commission meeting and get first-hand knowledge. Citizens are berated, cops are allowed to intimidate and stand behind a citizen at the lectern in case he says something they don't want to hear, negative comments are read into record by the mayor on citizens and public commentary is allowed to humiliate and be used to bring down her political enemies or anyone who might disagree with her. She allows commissioners to respond to citizens in negative and sometimes explosive ways. Sorry. No kind heart here.

"We can't let the past define us, or keep us from moving forward," said the mayor.

Thank God that

we saved our beach from the flim flam man--

that a former commission "looked at the big picture"

that they were "not selfish"

that they "lead with courage"

The mayor wasn't talking about the beach when she said those words last night nor was she talking about a former commission that DID save the beach and stopped the outsourcing of it on a long-term lease that was challenged by citizens.

Thank God for our citizens and tourists

who support our beach even if we have one commissioner who constantly complains about everything going on there and an entire commission that wants to outsource the casino and pool.

Paul Boyer
Former city manager of Lake Worth
I don't remember him ever smiling when he sat on the dais here

I was in the city commission chamber the night Nadine Burns made a motion to fire Paul Boyer. It was shocking as the commission made him sit there until Midnight before they fired him. The City Commission did not
listen to him when he said not to go with Greater Bay. They did it
anyway. Paul Boyer could not persuade any of them to come in out of the
rain and he was manager for the worst city commission ever. So what happened? He went along with the politics. He went along
with it so well that he gave away our pool as part of the Greater Bay
deal. Everything ended up in lawsuits.

It seems from this article that Mr. Boyer retired from Columbia, Tennessee in 2012, a city with more pre-civil war homes than any other county in the state. He had five successful years there as city manager. No beautiful 19 acres of valuable beach property there that flim flam artists wanted.

I got to thinking about him as I listened to the mayor last night and the cheerleader speech that she does so well. She talked about POTENTIAL. We had so much of it back in Mr. Boyer's time too. The big difference with then and now is, we had lot's of money.

This reminds me of John Kerry when trying to explain his vote for an $87 billion supplemental
appropriation for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by telling
the crowd, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted
against it."

The majority commission in 2006 (Retha Lowe, Dave Vespo and Nadine Burns) was so concerned about tax base that they were encouraging a five story building to be built on South Palmway, a monstrosity in John Szerdi's neighborhood directly across from his home. The city was being over-run by developers and millions went missing in our Treasury, the same millions that Vice Mayor Maxwell brings up blaming all the wrong people.

Residents were up in arms about this 5 story building called The Palms that could be built right in the heart of a residential neighborhood and very concerned about home value in the
Bryant Park neighborhood. Those who sided with the developers then are using the same old lines today...if you're against what we want, then you are against progress. "If only Lake Worth would recognize its full potential," the mayor said last night and then proceeded to take credit for $100 million in development going on in Lake Worth. $90 million of it was already mentioned during Suzanne Mulvehill's term but this commission stopped the zoning in progress as soon as Stanton was fired and replaced by Bornstein.

Originally John Szerdi was against the Palms project. What started as a proposed 60-foot, five-story condominium that
ran the length of a city block and towered over several one-and two-story
homes, forced the developer to do some design changes because the Planning,
Zoning and Historic Resources Preservation board denied their alley
abandonment request. That's when Szerdi got into the picture and joined the development team.

An excerpt from the Palm Beach Post written by Nicole Janok on September 25, 2006 reads as follows: "Architect and Bryant Park Neighborhood resident John Szerdi, who
vocally opposed the project two months ago, joined the development team
Thursday night to discuss the redesign. 'There's a big difference from their first design',
Szerdi said. 'It's a good improvement'. To give residents a more accurate picture, Szerdi developed a
three-dimensional computer model that showed the heights, shadows and density
of the two buildings."

A resident would tell Szerdi where they lived and he would show them how the 5 story building would or would not affect their sunlight and their quality of life. People packed the meetings expressing their displeasure about the project. And as it turned out, it never got built--perhaps the economy got in the way or the developers got tired of all the hoops they had to go through back then, dealing with the resident's objections. But the fact that the project stopped from going forward had nothing to do with the majority commission listening to the wants of the people they served.

John Szerdi continues to mention this project at all candidate forums and how he
saved the day across the street from where he lives. The entire project
was scaled back thanks to him but the devil is in the details. He was against it before he was for it.

More United States Enginuity--made in the USA with USA parts--the Ghost Gunner. At a cost of $1,000, you can mill your own AR-15 rifle and it is untraceable. Fed-Ex refuses to ship it. California tried to ban it but the governor refused to sign the bill. Where is all this heading? Will the bad guys rule? Do they already? Or will this help Joe Six Pack in defense of his life and property? Will a milling machine such as this force local governments to repeal its laws on guns rather than face a lawsuit? Where will all this end?

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Shangri-la Gourmet Chinese Food, at 920 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth,
was shuttered temporarily on Feb. 16 for 39 health code violations,
including six high-priority issues. The most critical violations
included about 17 live roaches found in the restaurant and rusty cans
still in storage. Inspectors also said the eatery was unable to provide
documentation for the source of its fish and ordered workers to stop
selling it. The eatery reopened the next day after a satisfactory
follow-up inspection.

Walid Shoebat,(a former PLO terrorist), was interviewed by Michael Savage a year ago about Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood/Sudan
Regime-connected half brother Malik Obama. According to Nice Deb, this is quite an eye opener.

Lake Worth residents have been in one big fight for several decades now...perhaps longer than that depending on whether you talk with one of the "old-timers" who were active in local politics. It's always something that gets you going and taxing churches is no exception.

The Common Ground Church, that preaches love not hate, is in hot water with the City of Lake Worth that is demanding it be "properly" licensed. Actually it has been implied that one city commissioner anonymously went after them and a code enforcement officer sat in on their prayer taking mental notes in order to give them a code violation. Collecting money is everything in Lake Worth. " We can't get the money in a bond election, well, we will just have another election until the voters get it right," they think to themselves or say out of the Sunshine.

The Libertarians say that the City
of Lake Worth code exempts religious organizations in Section 14
of the city's municode. And since the Common Grounds Coffee House does
have an active business license with the city, many are wondering what
the problem is. Section 14-2 of the city municode states “Exempt from
this definition are the customary religious, charitable or educational
activities of nonprofit religious, nonprofit charitable and nonprofit
educational institutions...”

And a message to Serge Jerome--Your Fire and Brimstone technique that you started in the first neighborhood association debate at Genesis, is not working--you are getting very BAD advice from your handlers and haters. The son of a preacher man should have learned some truths through these years--you don't lie; it's a sin. Bring an honest message to the voters. Tell them why you would be the better candidate instead of coming across like a Pitbull in heat. Unfairly criticizing your opponent to gain points will backfire on you. And I'm afraid, it already has.

Hatcher
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for the FedEx
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If we win the grant, we hope to buy a newer bucket
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selling organic vegetables, selling honey, jellies and jams.

You can also help us by SHARING the news with your friends by forwarding this.
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A family business began in the 1940’s when John Hatcher registered
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WHAT MAKES US STAND OUT
Our customers love to come here for our delicious
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welcome and conversation once they arrive at Hatcher Mango Hill. They love that
our fruit is fresh and only the mangoes that are carefully picked are sold. We
were honored when our Hatcher variety was named “Florida’s superior mango” by
Slow Food a few years ago. We also sell specially grafted Hatcher mango trees.
What a gift John Hatcher left for all of us to enjoy!

HOW
WE WOULD USE THE GRANT MONEY
Our equipment is very old and
needs constant repair which is a significant expense and concern. If we were to
receive grant money from this FedEx contest, we would use it for a newer bucket
truck and additional gas/electric golf carts. As a summertime only business we
have limited income for such large expenses but it would make us much more
productive. It could also enable us to begin an all year business growing and
selling organic vegetables, and selling honey, jellies, and jam.

There is another blogger in town that suggests that an endorsement from this group is as worthless as the paper on which it is written.

What is Democracy for America?Democracy for America (DFA) was founded on the idea that the
grassroots are the key to the Democratic Party’s success. For too long
party leaders were beholden only to moneyed interests and high-powered
consultants. The closer the Democratic Party aligned itself with
Washington insiders, the further rank and file Democrats wandered from
the polls on Election Day. Governor Howard Dean’s presidential campaign
re-energized the grassroots by tapping into the progressive values that
they cared about: strong communities, security at home and abroad, and
liberty for all people to live the way they chose. Democracy for America was founded by Gov. Dean and built by those energized activists to help reform the Democratic Party from the ground up. Democracy for America

Ok. We have the background of Democracy for America. Why then do we have TOB, using his acronym for me, who mocks this endorsement? Is it simply the fact that Ryan Maier received it and not his candidate? Maier is a grassroots campaigner. There is no money received into his campaign from Sun Recycling or anyone else with an agenda.

Sheriff's deputies in Palm Beach, Fla., don't lie and plant evidence
because they're particularly corrupt or desperate to make an arrest—they
do it as a way of life, according to a deputy who spoke anonymously. DC Post caught up with him after he posted a blog
on a police tactics website saying he keeps a "small plastic dime
baggie with Cocaine in residue" to plant on "mouthy drivers, street
lawyers, [and] a--holes." The deputy, who has 15 years' experience,
provided proof of his employment at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s
Office.

This morning I decided to go to the Common Grounds Coffee Bar that lets the Common Ground Church have periodical services there. The room was filled with good folks who believe in Jesus and believe in God and just want to spread the word of LOVE.

Even their t-shirts they wear says LOVE is greater than Hate.

They have been told by the city of Lake Worth that today is their last Sunday that they can pray and sing praise to God in that space. The city says they don't have a business license as a church and therefore they can not pray there.

Pastor Mike Olive says, Love God; love People. Pretty simple. Pretty basic. But the City is taking a hardball approach and he can't understand why they are cracking down on him. They are not bothering a soul. In fact, souls get soothed just by being there.

Today's prayer by pastor Mike Olive included the mayor and city commission. The sermon was short and sweet and extra chairs had to be brought out to accommodate those who came to listen. Their next service will be on the steps of City Hall on March 3. There is no commission meeting that night but they will be there spreading the word. Freedom of speech is not yet banned by the city.

This is a blast from the past but the Vice Mayor, Scott Maxwell, STILL, to this day, likes to blame all the wrong people for the state of affairs of this city. And during the break at Tuesday's meeting, he even told us that no one has addressed the roads here in over 100 years...this will be a detriment to attracting people to live and work in our city he says. The Pioneers came to Lake Worth and settled here all for the fine roads, right? He knows very well that our street maintenance budget was $1 million a year until this commission, his commission, reduced the budget.

Tuesday night during the break from the commission meeting where the Vice Mayor nearly had a stroke, he was blaming a "former Lake Worth Commission" for money that went missing to
the tune of $8 to $12 million dollars. His implication was that it all happened during the Stanton regime. UNTRUE. When I asked why the internal auditor was never commissioned to find the missing money, he pointed out that Stanton fired him. We were without an IA for a few years because of austerity. He forgets that this country was in a depression/recession and Lake Worth was hit hard. Stanton cut back and got the city back in the black. So, I asked, where is the internal auditor now--what is he working on?

Commissioner John Szerdi
mentioned the missing $$$ in 2012 in the very first political speech he gave after being
sworn in. The Lake Worth Herald continued to mention Reserves and wrote
that Suzanne Mulvehill gave praise in her final speech to those "who
nearly bankrupted the city" and that "we don't need them in office ever
again." Another UNTRUE attribution to a commission that had nothing to do with missing money. If a news-person writes a story at least the facts should be correct.

What I wrote back then: We concur. We don't need them nor do we want them in office. This was
all during the Paul Boyer and Bob Baldwin regimes. The people who were
in power then and the biggest culprits to this were Jeff Clemens, Dave
Vespo and Retha Lowe. They had the majority vote and it was they who
either allowed the then city managers to dip heavily into reserves
and/or voted Reserves away. During Vespo's term, $60 million in Consent
Agenda items were approved. We expect politicians to twist or eliminate
facts to their advantage (that is why most are held in low esteem and
honest ones are subject to annihilation--think Allen West) but we don't expect that of the Press. Over the last four years, however, we have witnessed a biased press.

Now we have a new newspaper in the city, the Lake Worth Tribune. It has taken some knocks from the politicos who don't like truth or facts to emerge with some even going into establishments and asking, "Why do you have that newspaper here?"

The President continues to bloviate, lie and exaggerate to make points on how wonderful Islam is and all those who worship it. Why does he not tell the truth? John Quincy Adams, our sixth president of the United States and whose father was a founder of this country stated, "The precept of the Koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Mahomet is the prophet of God."

When the lawsuit was filed in June 2009,
the EcoCentre was one of the first projects in South Florida seeking
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. From where were they seeking it? The U.S. Green Building Council. They told us that the Eco Centre was the first "green" building to face foreclosure and it happened right here in Lake Worth. Read the article... and then let's talk.

Szerdi is the commissioner pushing for the U.S. Green Building Council to now have FREE space at our city hall. So, Commissioner Szerdi already had a relationship with the USGBC, something he did not reveal at the February 17th commission meeting. Therefore, it is not unusual that they contacted Szerdi (before they would contact any other commissioner like McVoy) to once again get their foot in the door in Lake Worth. Most people know who their friends are.

John Szerdi was the architect for Lake Worth's one and only "green" building. The owner of this building before it experienced financial woes, John F. Romano, gave John Szerdi $1,000 for his re-election campaign.

SLAMABAD: Yousaf al Salafi –
allegedly the Pakistan commander of Islamic State (IS) or Daish – has
confessed during investigations that he has been receiving funds through
the United States.
Law enforcing agencies on January 22 claimed that they arrested al
Salafi, along with his two companions, during a joint raid in Lahore.
However, sources revealed that al Salafi was actually arrested sometimes
in December last year and it was only disclosed on January 22. “During the investigations, Yousaf al Salafi revealed that he was
getting funding – routed through America – to run the organisation in
Pakistan and recruit young people to fight in Syria,” a source privy to
the investigations revealed to Daily Express on the condition of anonymity.

As a member of Nature's Watchdog Alliance of Florida, I have reprinted the group's letter to the Florida Senate.

Dear Senators,

Our organization's
members supported Amendment 1, which passed with the votes of 75% of those
voting.

The purpose of Amendment
1 was to renew state spending on existing water and land conservation programs. Amendment 1 was not
intended to fund water supply development projects that further deplete our
water resources or to bail out developments that have neglected their own
wastewater infrastructure needs. Nor was it intended that these new funds would
simply replace other existing funds so that no additional benefits would accrue
to these programs. The voters do not deserve to have another Lotto-like shift
occur when they knew what they were doing by approving this expanded funding.

Our existing
conservation programs have a strong track record of ensuring that our rivers,
lakes, streams and natural areas are protected for future generations of Floridians.

Please ensure that
Amendment 1 funds go to restoring and protecting water resources, providing
access to public lands, and keeping working lands, farms, and forests as part
of Florida’s rural landscapes and not to projects that fuel irresponsible
growth in Florida's vulnerable natural areas nor simply shift funds around and
end up accomplishing nothing new.

Friday, February 20, 2015

How often do you have to replace rubber seals that go between two pipes?

West Palm Beach commissioner Shanon Materio, blamed the 5 million gallons of water that poured onto Banyan Blvd and Australian Avenue as “Poor maintenance and antiquity of the system."
The city says workers installed that rubber seal in 2011 and inspected it again as recently as 2013.
Read more...

The Honorable Mayor Pam Triolo is having her annual State of the City Address two weeks before the election. Timing is everything.

Seating and parking are free on a first come served basis. The city placed a full page ad in the Lake Worth Herald (its favored news rag that now has news articles filled with opinion) for the residents to join her to hear about all the progress that she and this commission have done to get us into the 21st Century--eradicating slum, blight and crime to name a few. She wants to inform us of our "full potential" that will cost taxpayers millions if she touches on the roads infrastructure and her failed general obligation bond that she wants to bring back in some form. Perhaps she will talk about the heights vote and how she screwed the voters who won the election by not honoring the 57% who said 45 feet in our downtown is all they wanted.

Lobbyists and Big Business such as Walmart and Target and big food chains are putting pressure on Tallahassee on how we buy our booze (we can already buy wine in grocery stores) and they don't mind pushing the little guy out of business.

80 year old law might change in Florida. It just passed the House Business & Professions Subcommittee and now has two more committees to go through before it gets to the House floor later this year.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

John Paxman is the designated moderator for the NAPC March 2, 2015 candidate debate at the Lake Worth Playhouse. Now, I have always thought that Mr. Paxman was an excellent moderator at this forum, however, it would have been wise of him not to display a political sign at his office. Now I'm sure that we will hear from some pundit out here who will say it's free speech, etc. and that he will surely not take sides during this debate and will be 100% fair. My answer to that is--he's already taken sides.

Also, for a little trivia, Jon Faust, the President of the Neighborhood Association Council has given John Szerdi a $100 campaign contribution. The former President and now Secretary, Mary Lindsey, had her husband give a $50.00 contribution to John Szerdi. It's no wonder that the League of Women Voters will not participate in any debate put on by the NAPC.

Voting for water protection, not sewer projects, Amendment 1 passed by 75% of the voters in order to keep drinking water clean, protect our rivers, lakes, and springs, restore natural treasures like the Everglades, and protect our beaches and shores without any increase in taxes.
Now there are some legislators and even Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam in support of using some of the money for different sewer projects throughout the state. Some want to divert some of this money for roads and infrastructure as well.

This is NOT what Amendment 1 was about. Maybe this is why the entire Lake Worth Commission is going to Tallahassee begging for grants for our roads and infrastructure. Diverting/twisting/stopping/ignoring the will of the voters is something they understand.

Did anyone watch the Megyn Kelly interview last night with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)? It is astonishing to me that we have kooks such as he elected to national office, or any office for that matter.

Another non-profit wants the City of Lake Worth to give them something free. This time it is free space at City Hall--United States Green Building Council South Florida.

On Tuesday night, the Council was endorsed by John Szerdi and City Manager Michael Bornstein, both pushing hard for a vote to allow them to have free space. The USGBC tells us that by having their headquarters' office here in the City of Lake Worth, the visibility of the City would be raised. All they want are two work stations and free wi-fi.

What does the city get out of it? It's about logo recognition and a free lunch.

They will use our logo on everything that they do

The City would receive 10 complimentary tickets (one table) to the Chapter’s annual GalaVerde LEEDership Awards Program ($1,250 value).

The City would receive the opportunity to provide its marketing materials to attendees at the Chapter’s Annual Meeting of Members.

The City would receive 15 complimentary individual Chapter memberships to be used at the City's discretion -- for employees/co-workers or as gifts to valued or prospective clients and donors ($1,125 value).

Each member appears in the Chapter's popular online membership directory, further shining a bright marketing spotlight on the City.

What they say about themselves: The USGBC South Florida Chapter is a nonprofit organization with more than 6,000 members and friends in South Florida, as well as solid business relationships throughout the State of Florida and the USA through the strong brand of the US Green Building Council, which is headquartered in Washington, DC. The Chapter has become the region’s strongest advocate for green and sustainable-building design and construction practices, including the LEED Certification program -- itself a positive brand. Our amazing volunteers contributed more than 11,000 hours to the Chapter last year, allowing us to continue to effectively meet our Mission of transforming the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated. Because of these efforts, we are making outstanding educational inroads from the Treasure Coast to the Keys toward a socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life here in South Florida.

They contacted John Szerdi who brought this to the commission for approval. Szerdi actually implied that Commissioner McVoy, because he spoke out against the lack of rationale about choosing one non-profit over another for special favors, must be jealous that the Council contacted him about free space and all things green. Well, Szerdi loves to tell anyone who will listen that he is an an architect but what he never mentions is that one of the members of the USGBC is none other than Southern Waste Systems, the guys who have been around here for years--ruined our landfill and caused sickness in the Osborne community. They also gave Szerdi a campaign contribution when he first ran.

and FPL with some prominent residents and friends of Szerdi still playing footsie with FPL wanting them to buy our Electric Utility, a utility that actually allows this city to operate, contributing highly to our general fund.

A motion was made to bring the item back for more discussion. Connect the dots. There is something very "fishy" about this entire matter. It doesn't pass the smell test.

Saying last summer that they were through with debates ("no more debates by the NAPC") when they would not allow one on the General Obligation Bond, it looks like the NAPC has changed its mind. Actually, the highly politically charged NAPC whose many neighborhood presidents have been on the side of the city, had no one with any conviction who could debate the issue in support of the bond and taxing the property owners for 34 years. According to Jon Faust, the NAPC had no one qualified to debate the topic.

Monday, March 2, 2015

At the Lake Worth
Playhouse

located at 713 Lake
Avenue

The forum is open to the public and there is no entry fee
although we will pass baskets among the audience to collect donations for the
Playhouse to help offset the expense of electricity, sound and lighting
engineers etc. The doors will open for the public to enter at 6:30 PM.
Candidates are asked to arrive at 6:00 PM to do a sound check. The forum should
begin promptly at 6:45 or as soon as the public is seated.

Questions for the candidates and details regarding the
specific format of the forum will be arranged by the NAPC. No candidates
will receive any questions in advance and the format for the evening's event
will be provided in writing to all the candidates when they arrive at the
Playhouse, although you may certainly expect to have 3 minutes for opening and
closing statements. The NAPC will provide timekeepers for each candidate. No
electronic equipment will be allowed on stage including cell phones, laptops,
electronic notebooks, iPads or anything similar. Our moderator for this forum,
as in the past, will be John T. Paxman PA.

If you would like to provide
a short (150 words or less) paragraph about yourself, we will be happy to
include it in our printed program which will be distributed to all in
attendance. Submissions longer than 150 words will not be used. Please
send your submissions to napcinfo@gmail.com
via separate email. Note: as an
example - The highlighted portion of this paragraph is 52 words.

To allow a clear line of sight for all who attend the forum,
no yard signs or banners will be permitted inside the Playhouse. To minimize
left behind litter inside the Playhouse, we ask each candidate to have your
supporters hand out such material outside the Playhouse either before
and/or after the forum. Unattended stacks of handouts/palm-cards/
flyers/doorhangers etc. will also not be permitted inside the
Playhouse.

In keeping with our bylaws, the Neighborhood Association
Presidents Council, Inc. neither endorses nor opposes any candidate. The
NAPC is incorporated in the State of Florida as a non-profit educational
organization. Our mission is to serve neighborhood associations across the City
of Lake Worth. For more information about the NAPC, you may visit our website
at www.lwnapc.com.

The NAPC Candidate forum will be announced on the NAPC
website and on the NAPC Facebook page. All NAPC Neighborhood Presidents will
also receive an announcement to send via their Association's email distribution
list. Posters announcing the Forum will be available next week for local
businesses to display if they wish and a notice will be placed in the Lake
Worth Visitor Information Center.

This email has been sent to all candidates via blind
copy. If for any reason you are unable to participate in the forum,
please let us know as soon as possible by replying to this email.
Unfortunately, we do not have an alternate date for the Playhouse due their
performance schedule and other factors. We sincerely thank each of you for
stepping up to serve our great City and we look forward to a most informative
evening.

Robert Van Winkle, also known as
Vanilla Ice in the music industry, was arrested in connection with a
residential burglary that occurred sometime during December 2014 and
February 2015, according to Lantana Police.

Believing that Local governments should hold the line on spending and not increase
their millage rates; nor increase other local government taxes, fees or
assessments to offset mandated reductions in property taxes, and that there needs to be a comprehensive master plan for the undeveloped Everglades Agricultural
Area to ensure smart growth in Palm Beach County, Commissioner Christopher McVoy just received the coveted Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches endorsement.

Have you ever heard of a "gang bang?" Perhaps a kinder term would be "strength in numbers." But these commissioners are trying to get grant money to fix our roads and are doing everything within their power to do just that.

Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell was asked this question by one of his constituents...why were these commission meetings cancelled right before the March election? His method of operation is to forward the e-mail inquiry on to someone else to answer. In that way, nothing he says is in writing and he can't be held accountable for the explanation and he can't be challenged. The burden has been transferred.

From: Pamela Lopez Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 10:53 AMTo: Scott MaxwellSubject: RE: Commission meetings
March 3 meeting was cancelled due to 4 elected officials plus
the City Manager being in Tallahassee during PBC Day to solicit for grant
funding.March 10 work session was cancelled due to the Municipal General
Election and the Clerk and Records & Information Manager are required to be
present to accept ballots at City Hall after the polls close and I’ll deliver
them along with a PBSO escort to the SOE’s Riviera Beach center.

The above poses the question, how many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Originally it was four commissioners along with the city manager driving in the same car to Tallahassee. And we're to assume that they won't be talking about city business during that long drive in some rented van? Last night it was stated that Christopher McVoy will fly to Tallahassee and Mayor Triolo will be taking her own car. And what happened to Richard Pinsky, our Tallahassee lobbyist?

Registration to attend the event, where you might possibly rub shoulders with your state legislator with a remote chance of getting a grant (as these guys will be talking to hundreds of people), ends today, February 18. The fee is $125 per person with a minimum hotel stay of two nights at $179 a night at The Aloft or $204 a night at the DoubleTree. Palm Beach County Day in Tallahassee begins with registration late in the day on March 3 or from 7:30 to 10:00am on March 4.

This is a seven hour car ride. The devotion displayed by our commissioners to drive for all that time is to be commended. City Attorney, Glen Torcivia, said it was not a Sunshine law violation just as long as they did not discuss any city business. Of course, they are going up there in order to DISCUSS CITY BUSINESS.

Can you even imagine that they won't be talking about city business? Perception IS reality.

We continue to get the political bull from one commissioner in particular, that the rental rates that Affordable Housing Solutions is charging for the Villages of Lake Worth a/k/a/ the "project" at Lake Worth Road and Boutwell is NOT affordable housing at all but "workforce" housing and it is at market rate. The city continues to try and fool you saying that there is a difference in 'affordable" and "workforce" housing. The Vice Mayor will even ask for confirmation on the distinction from the city manager, to get it on the record. We all know it is one and the same. And at every commission meeting, there is always one commissioner who will tell us how beautiful this all looks. And they are building more.

The Villages of Lake Worth, located at 2220 Lake Worth Road have rents from $990 for a one bedroom up to $1,390 for a 3 bedroom. They do not have efficiency or 4 bedroom apartments.

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Wisconsin is moving forward with a plan to drug test some food stamp recipients, and most voters nationwide would like to see a similar plan in the state they live in.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 61% of Likely U.S. Voters believe any American applying for food stamps in their state should be drug tested. Just 31% disagree. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

BAD POLITICS--the 48th worst decision--Trio voted to support a sales tax hike from 6% to7% with no discussion. 4-5-16

BAD POLITICS--the 47th worst--Scott Maxwell and the city manager working behind the scenes out of the sunshine to bring the Atlanta Braves to John Prince Park and ruin an entire neighborhood and public park. 3-23-16

BAD POLITICS--the 46th worst fiasco--treating the seniors at the mobile home park like garbage

BAD POLITICS--the 41st worst and non-transparent maneuver--Secret meetings! Even considering more commercialization at our beach by John Szerdi's employer

BAD POLITICS--the 40th worst decision--still trying to grab the cash with no details on going out on another general obligation bond. "We want it; we need it and we want to tax you for it." 1-27-15

BAD POLITICS--the 39th worst performance--Allowed an atheist to give the invocation and immediately before he spoke, walked out of the meeting falling right into the publicity trap set by him. 12-2-14

BAD POLITICS - the 38th worst decision--the mayor allowing two of her supporters to make personal attacks in a city commission meeting against another citizen because she didn't like a graphic depicting her on a blog. 9-9-14

BAD POLITICS - the 37th worst decision--encouraging their city attorney to invite people to the meeting in order to "make a case" against the Canvassing Board and the election process. 9-5-14

BAD POLITICS - the 36th worst self-serving statement--the mayor calling those who voted against the city's money-grab in the Aug 26, 2014 election as "broken" and playing games just to win.

BAD POLITICS - the 34th worst maneuvering behind the scenes to force the LWHigh Flea Market to pay fees to continue its operations so it can raise scholarship money for poor kids and force it from its 27 year location.

BAD POLITICS - the 32nd egregious action--Apr 18, 2014 met with Shelley Vana and other politicians and lawyers to proceed with John Prince Park as a national ballfield, never once contacting the adjacent neighbors.

BAD POLITICS - the 31st dumbest thing--Apr 2014 changed our ordinance now allowing dogs on our beach park...now Fido will be all over the place.

BAD POLITICS- the 29th dumbest thing--made a resolution to bulldoze parts of John Prince Park for a national Spring training stadium

BAD POLITICS - the 28th worst thing--Jan 2014 amended the budget and moved $12.5 million from Reserves to spend on projects now. No one knows for sure

BAD POLITICS - the 27th worst thing--Conjured up a plan to repave 50% of the roadways and place the infrastructure at the Park of Commerce. Might cost the taxpayers $100 million or more for a 30 year obligation bond so that general contractors and developers can get rich

BAD POLITICS - the 26th worst thing they did--Voted to allow open container alcoholic drinking in our downtown, city parks and at our beach on city special events so that the city could make money from boozers and compete against our merchants

BAD POLITICS - the 25th worst thing they did--Fought the Heights Referendum and directed the city attorney to find a way and render an opinion to overturn the March 2013 vote. Caused a court opinion and tied up all development in our downtown

BAD POLITICS - the 24th wildest decision--Voting to have an Ordinance weaning off the city's dependency on the Electric Utility funding to operate our city thus lowering electric rates and making it a super-majority vote from the dais to over-turn it. This is a lofty dictatorship

BAD POLITICS - the 23rd worse decision--Bad and inferior advice coupled with their fear of losing, settled with the flim-flam man for $1.6 MILLION dollars...blaming their decision on everyone but themselves. At least the nightmare is over

BAD POLITICS - the 22nd Worst decision--Voting to rob Reserves (savings) $424,000, the Simpkin Trust to operate our library $100,000 and deplete the billboard settlement fund and use it for operations in the amount of $700,000

BAD POLITICS - the 21st worst Decision--Instead of living within our means and making additional cuts, passed the 2013 budget by robbing Reserves of $424,000 and $100,000 from Simpkin Trust

BAD POLITICS - the 20th worst decision--Voted not to accept the certified signatures for a Charter Amendment for Nov 2012 election. Delayed it to March 2013 special election to cost the taxpayers $21,000 dollars so that they could play politics to defeat it. The city lost. The people won by nearly 57% of the vote and this commission will not honor the vote.

BAD POLITICS - the 19th worst decision and the top one--Denied the citizens petition to appear on the ballot and our right to vote on heights in our downtown

BAD POLITICS - the 18th worse decision--Vice Mayor stalled the negotiations with Internal Auditor choice, Robert Marksmeier, after years of complaining that we needed an IA per the Charter. He failed to negotiate—Again

BAD POLITICS - the 17th Worst Decision--Visionaries said that the people could not vote on their raising heights of buildings in the downtown. People forced to a referendum under impossible odds.

BAD POLITICS - the 16th Worst decision--Trio of Maxwell, Triolo and Amoroso voted to change the name of our city after 116 years and place on Nov 2012 ballot right before our 100th birthday! This bad decision was later rescinded

BAD POLITICS - the 14th worst decision--Decided they didn't like the name of our city after 116 years and voted to put name change on the ballot

BAD POLITICS - The 13 worst decision--Voted to accept first low-ball offer from FMPA to settle the law suit...negotiated nothing

BAD POLITICS - The 12th worst decision--Rewriting the Ordinance for the P&Z Board so they could kick off appointed volunteer members and put in their own "good ole boys

BAD POLITICS - The 11th worst decision--Ending the Zoning in Progress thus delaying multi-millions in development

BAD POLITICS - The 10th worst decision--Having City Manager Bornstein fire Kathleen Margoles without knowing her or giving her a chance because she stood up to Scott Maxwell. 4-18-12

BAD POLITICS - The 9th worst Decision--Had the City Manager STOP the Zoning in Progress

BAD POLITICS - The 8th worst decision--Voted to burn $40,000 already spent by not proceeding with the renovation of the 110 N F Street building and moving various departments. We are left with gutted building and employees working out of trailers

BAD POLITICS - The 7th worst decision--Voted to spend $1.7 million more than the beach bond without insisting the contractor reduce his costs and reduce his scope of work

BAD POLITICS - The 6th worst & corrupt decision--Changed its own directive and maneuvered unqualified Joe Kroll into a Top 5 spot for city manager when it was supposed to be Top 3 and then threw him under the bus for Bornstein

BAD POLITICS - The 5th worst vote--Appointed Range Riders and HR Director to find qualified applicants for city mgr and then shoved them out because they didn't like the results. They will now be doing it themselves

BAD POLITICS - The 4th worst thing--Kicking the can down the road--Did not want to take Staff's advice to fix the Utility customer service long term problem by outsourcing it as well as saving a bunch of money but instead capitulated to the Union

BAD POLITICS - The 3rd worst decision by this new commission--Changed our beach closing hours to 1:00am to accommodate a bar. Screwed long-time tenants out of rights of first refusals

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Click hereAfter clicking on the link, you will find that the city PURGED the original information. Stats that they don't want you to know. Now that they lost the election, there is NO mention of LW2020.

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Although county staff has ruled out that site (John Prince Park) because of state deed restrictions on the park land, Lake Worth officials think those issues can be overcome.Read about it...

What the "Visionaries" cost Lake Worth

Paying Susan Stanton $124,395 after firing her because they didn't like her personality

Voting to pay an interim city manager $50,000 for four months minimum and then changed their minds after 65 resumes had already been submitted. Then voted to go with a permanent city mgr instead

Staff's advertisement of the position, compiling the commission criteria that took hours of staff time as well as digesting all of the applicant resumes and determining the top applicants

Appointing Range Rider volunteers to sift through recycled city manager resumes and then didn't like the results of their short list

Travel and lodging expenses for candidates to come here and interview as well as the same for Range Riders.

Tried their damndest to hire an unqualified former employee as city manager.

Hiring a new city manager so that they can manipulate him.

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It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.Ronald Reagan

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive. Albert Einstein

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.Winston Churchill

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.Harvey S. Firestone

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

H. L. Menken

Referenda insure all have a voice in land use decisions.U.S. Supreme Court

Listen carefully to first criticism of your work. Note just what it is about your work the critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping. Jean Cocteau

political clubs

LW DEMOCRATIC CLUBPresident: Sam Goodstein@7pm

REPUBLICAN CLUBTBA

Interference with administration.

Except for the purpose of inquiries and investigations, the city commission or its members shall deal with city officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the city manager solely through the city manager, and neither the city commission nor its members shall give orders to any such officer or employee either publicly or privately.

Name Lake Worth bottled water

Click graphic--The value of an idea lies in the USING of it--Thomas Edison

Breaking news

City Logo fair game

10-28-10-Our city attorney is going to "research" the unauthorized use of our city logo or even if it has to be authorized. STILL WAITING FOR OPINION!!

Neighborhood News

Meetings/News

ROLOH

7:00 pmchurch at Sunset and 6th Ave S

CITY MANAGER

Reports have been discontinued since Michael Bornstein was hired. All past reports have been purged from the Lake Worth web site. The city has become less transparent with this new CM and city commission.

City Events

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of speech, though a constitutional right, is a subjective concept. It's hard to define free speech - but you know when you don't have it. You do not have it on this blog unless you follow the Comment Policy.

Blog and Comment Policy

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are lies

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